Manifold sales-book.



No. 662,043. Patented Nov. 20. |900.

F. M. TuRcK.

MAN|FOL0 SALES 000K.

(Application med mr. 15, 1899., (No `Model.)

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ATTORNEY- N0. 662,043. Patented Nov. 20, i900. F. M. TURCK.

MANIFOLD SALES BOOK.

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No. 662,043. Patented No'v. 20, |900. F. M. TUHCK. MANIFOLD SALES book.

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FREDERICK M. TUROK, OF NEI/V YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, OFlONE-HALF TO MABEL TRACY, OF SA'ME PLACE.

MANIFOLD SALES-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 662,043, dated November 20, 1900.

Application iledMarh 15,1899. Serial No. 709,157. (No model.)

To a/ZZ when@ t may concern:

Be it known that l, FREDERICK M. TURCK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manifold Sales- Books, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to improve- 1o ments in manifold sales-books used principally by salesmen in commercial establishments by which duplicate or triplicate copies can be made with one writing. In the triplicate books of this class heretofore used the I5 three copies are made in one piece with perforations for the purpose lof separation, and the sheets are bound together, fifty leaves in one book, and after the writing has been done all three copies are torn from the book or 2o else two only are removed and one remains in the book as a stub. In my book two of the triplicate copies are from a loose leaf, and the other copy appears in abound book, which I will designate a record-book, consisting of twenty-iive leaves, the book being reversible, utilizing both sides of the paper, thus taking but half the paper usually required. For duplicates the record-book is dispensed l with and only loose leaves are used, thus saving the expense of' binding and folding.

The features of myinvention areillustrated in the annexed drawings and fully pointed out in the following specification and in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of my improved manifold book, showing the arrangement of the impression and carbon sheets preparatory to obtaininga triplicate print. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the same preparatory to obtaining duplicate prints. Fig. 3 represents a view of the book, showing the manner in which the record book is attached and the loose sheets are stored, while in Fig. 4 the cover,

with the loose-sheet carrier, is shown, the record-book and loose sheets being removed. Figs. 5 and 7 are respectively a front and a rear view of the loose-sheet carrier. Figs. 6 and 8 are a top and a bottom view, respectively,

5o of the same; and Fig. 9 is a face view of a tally-sheet used in combinationwith my improved memorandum-book. Fig. l0 is a detached perspective of the carrier B of the loose sheets. Fig. ll is an inverted view of the retaining-frame for the loosesheets. Fig. l2 is a longitudinal vertical section taken through the left-hand cover and its attachments. Fig. 13 is a vertical section taken through the book upon the dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 12. 6o

A re presents the covers of the book, made of cardboard or any other suitable material and covered in the same manner as the covers of ordinary books, and the two covers are united by the usual flexible back A. The outer edge 6 5 of the left-hand cover is provided with a sheet-metal binding g2, (shown more especially in Fig. 3,) and connected to this binding is the elastic pin g, which has its free end to engage with the hook g after the sheets of 7o paper D have beenapplied thereto. These sheets of paper D are bent double at their centers and the pin gis passed through them at their doubled portions for the purpose of attaching the sheets loosely to the cover. These sheets D form a record-book and when filled upon one side are reversed, so that they can be filled upon the other, and thus save onehalf the amount of paper usually necessary.

Loosely attached to the back A' or to the 8o inner edge of the left-hand cover by means of the flexible material b' is the carrier B for the left-hand pile of sheets II, and which carrier consists of a piece of pasteboard or other suitable material which forms a support upon 8 5 which one-half of the sheets H are supported. If so desired, this carrier may be covered by means of a plate of sheet metal b2, which covers the right-hand side of the carrier, and which sheet of metal has its ends turned 9o over upon the carrier B at opposite edges. When this plate or cover b2 is used, the loops c will be formed as an integral part thereof, as shown more especially in Figs. 4 and 10. The inner upper corner of this plate b2 is 95 turned upward at right angles and at a suitable inclination, as shown in Fig. lO, so as to form astop to prevent the ready removal ofthe sheets II,and the corner e of this upturned corner :n is bent over at right angles to the portion 'Ico @0, so as to catch over the top of the frame and preventit from rising. At the opposite corner ner and loop e, `and serves simply as a sup- 1 port for the left-hand half of the leaves H. These leaves H are bent at their centers, as`

indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, and are intended to be separated along the central lines. In

order to adapt these leaves to be appliedltoV the support B, their Lipper edges have a V- shaped notch made therein, as shownin Figs. i

l and 2, so as to catch under the turned-np corner 9a, which prevents them from having a lateral movement upon the carrier B, and these leaves are prevented from having an endwise movement not only bythe turnedup corner, but by the loop e. sary to hold down the leaves placed upon the carrier B, so as to prevent them from becoming readily displaced, a retaining-frame C (shown more especially in Fig. 1l) is used, and this frame, which extends around on three sides only, is attached to the su pport B by means of the wire d. This wire d passes through the loops c on the 'plate b2, and, 'as shown in Fig. 1l, it then extends along'the inner sides of the frame C nearly toits outer` where the Wires are passed through the 4 bending? back or in any other suitable manner. lThisr edge, `edges of the frame and fastened by wire not being attached to the retainin g-frame atitsinnerend allows the frameGaslightvertical movement, so asto adapt itself to'the thickness of the leaves H placed upon it. The upper and lower edges of this frame C are turned downward L.t right angles, so as to catch "over the edges of the leaves H upon the carrier B, and to the outer edge of the frame is attached the pivoted clasp f, which catches over the edge of the carbon and waxed papers `and secures them in position. In order to prevent the outer edge of this retaining-frame@ from moving away from the outer edge of the `carrier B more than just enough to allow the sheets H to be inserted between the frame and the carrier B, the flexible retaining-strips d2 are used, and which are fastened tothe outer edges oi' the support B and to the outer edge of the retaining-frame C, and thus the retaining-frame can never move away from the carrier B more than just sufficient to allow the sheets H to be inserted. The yframe "C being held at its inner edge by the Wire d and at its outer edge by the retaining-bands d2, it moves with the carrier B as though formed a part thereof. The clamping-rod f serves to hold the carbon-sheet in position 'ready for use. This sheet t' extends the full length of the loose leaves and is earbonedon both sides. On top of the carbon-sheet, and

also held by'the clamp f, is a'sheet of waxed or other paper 7c, extending only Lhalf overthe loose leaves, andwhich waxed sheetprevents the under side of the record-leaf from being marked or soiled when writing.

As it is necesf In books to -be used only for `duplicate inipression the attachment for the record-book is dispensed with, as shown in Fig. 2. The right-hand-side cover is provided with a pocket h, in which is tucked a summary or tally-sheet 'for entries `referring to the sales, or any other entries may be made. This record-sheet projects with one half out of the pocket, While the other half is hidden therein and will be reversed after that first half is used up. This is attained by providing the two halves with entry scales or prints in opposite directions, as shown in Fig. 9.

When the 'bookV is to be used, the recordbook is attached thereto by means of the retaining-wire g, while the loose sheets having the triangular cut orother retaining-notch mentioned above in the upper middle portion are "stored onthesheet-carrier B and retained thereon Ebythe `overlapping flaps d' and the diagonal guide-'hook X of the 'carrier B,`the flaps d serving fto prevent an upward and the diagonal guidehook a lateral removal of the sheets from the sheet-carrier. Thecarbon-shee't il and "the wax-paper sheet 'la are kept in place bythe clamping-rod f, the carbon-sheet covering the entire length ofthe loose sheets, and the wax-paper sheet `extending half-wayor to the line of perforation of the loose sheets which are retained bythe retaining-frame.

The useof my improved manifold-book is ver-y simple. To produce triplicate `impressions, Fig. l, Athe 1under sheet of `the 'recordbook is placed Eupon theWax-paper sheet, and then Ithe Aforehfalf of the carbon-sheet and the top sheet of fh'e loose sheets are folded back o`n `themselves on the line ofthe `perforation on the loose sheet, so that the said sheet of lthe record-book is "covered *by the same. When the writinglhasbeen done, three copies are obtainedtwo o'n theloose leaf (by pencil a'nd carbon-sheet) and -one `by-car`bon on the'sheet of the *record-book. After removal of 'the loose leaf the loose-sheet carrier is raised andswungfon its hinge suiiciently far to vstraighten the carbon at its `'full length, when at the Sametime the written-on sheet of the record-*book will fall underneath the sheet-carrier and be stored as finished business. When the leavesof the record-book have all been used on one side, the book is reversed, soasto use the other side of the paper, both sides ofthe `book being written on. lt is-evident that for obtaining only two impressions the recordbook is dispensed with, and a carbon-sheet is required, reachingonly "half-Way of the sheet and `t`o line of perforation.

V My inrprovedmanifold memorandum-book is very simple and cheap in its manufacture, as no springs -and complicated implements are used, and it requires less paper Lrand no folding nor bindingin the duplicate form. The "record-*book is easily removable and the loosesheets are reliably kept `in place lby the simple construction-of the sheet-holder which IOO IZO

holds one-half of the impression-sheets in reliable storage and yet admits an easy removal of the single sheets and allows the other free halves of the sheets to be folded over the inclosed halves, so that when the book is closed the memorandum-pad, as well as the carbonsheet and the impression-sheets, is entirely inclosed by the covers.

By means of the construction. here shown a springless collapsible sheet-holder is placed within the covers of a book, and said sheetholder holds that portion of the flat unfolded pile of leaves extending from the notch in the pile of sheets to one extremity thereof.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. In a manifold memorandum-book, the

covers, the record-sheets D, means for holding the record-sheets at the outer edge of one of the covers, the loose sheets, and a carrier for holding the loose sheets, and which carrier is hinged at one side to the cover of the book, combined with a retaining-frame attached to the carrier for holding' the carbon and waxed paper, one half of the loose leaves being loosely held between the carrier and the retainingframe; said carrier and retainingframe forming a collapsible holder for the loose sheets, substantially as shown.

2. In a manifold memorandum-book, the covers, a springless collapsible sheet-holder placed within the covers of a book and consisting of the flat carrier B, an upturned projection x, and the retaining-frame C, combined with the loose sheets placed between the carrierand the retaining-frame, substantially as described.

3. In a manifold sales-book, the covers, the loose sheets, the carrier B for the loose sheets hinged to the cover, an upturned projection for catching in a notch in the edges of the loose leaves, combined with a three-sided retaining-frame loosely connected to the carrier, and which catches over the top of onehalf of the leaves, substantially as set forth.

` 4. In a manifold sales-book, the cover, a flat carrier hinged to the cover and upon which the loose leaves are placed, combined with a three-sided retainingframe provided with flanges upon two of its edges for catching over the edges of the leaves, a projection atv the upper corner of the flat carrier, and means for connecting the retaining-frame to the carrier at their edges, said means permitting a free rising and falling movement of the retaining-frame so as to accommodate itself to the thickness of the pile of loose leaves, substantially as specified.

5. In a manifold sales-book, the cover, and a carrier for the loose sheets, which carrier is hinged to'the cover, and a three-sided retaining-frame, combined with a wire which is connected at the inner edge of the carrier B at the center of the wire, and which wire has its outer ends connected to the retainingframe, flexible retaining-strips which connect the outer edges of the carrier and the retaining-frame, so as to allow the retainingframe a slight upward movement in relation to the carrier,`and means connected to the carrier for limiting the upward movement of the retaining-frame atits inner corners, substantially as specified.

6. In a manifold sales-book, a cover, a carrier for the loose sheets provided with the upturned corner a; and the loop c; and the wire d which is connected to the inner edge of the carrier by means of the loops c, combined with the three-sided'retaining-frame to which the outer ends of the wire CZ are fastened, a clamping device attached to the outer edge of the retaining-frame and the bands d2 which connect the ou ter edges of the retaining-frame and the outer edges of the carrier, substantially as specified. l

'7. In a manifold sales-book, the cover, the pin g connected to the outer edge of one of the covers to receive the record-sheets, and the carrier loosely connected to the cover at or near its center and provided with the loops c, at its inside edge, and the loop at its lower edge, and the upturned corner provided with the projections e', combined with the threesided retaining frame, the wire by means of which the frame is loosely connected to the carrier; the retaining-bands d2 for 'connecting the outer edges of the carrier and the retaining-frame, the clamp f, and the loose sheets H provided with a notch in one of their edges, one-half of the sheets being held between the carrier and the retaining-frame, substantially as shown and described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 14th day of March, A. D. 1899.

FREDERICK M. TURCK.

Witnesses:

PATRICK B. DYER, Jos. B. SINGER.

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